Yoshitoshi: Fudô Myôô Coming Alive (Sold)

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title: Fudô Myôô Coming Alive
Date: 1885

The young Yüten Shônin is threatened at swordpoint by the fierce statue of Fudô Myôô, which has come alive to impart an important teaching. A female celestial being, probably the Bodhisattva Kannon, watches ethereally from the right. A mysterious symbol burns on the left, with one of Fudô’s attendants on guard in front of it. Yûten was a novice at Zôjôji temple in the 17th century, and he later became abbot of the temple.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban triptych
Publisher: Horikô Enkatsu
Literature: See “Beauty & Violence” figure 48, page 131.
Seal: Taiso
Signature: Yoshitoshi

SKU: YOT255